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A common guide to development of visual and mapped products will provide timely technical documentation, software usage suggestions / help, standards, protocols as well as specific templates for mapping and visualization development.

Fall 2008 Census mapping and visualization workshop will also be announced to take place at Duke University. This workshop will feature external experts and internal Census specialists for training, inspiring and discussing techniques with invited representatives across the Census projects.

Spring 2009 Follow-up interaction will be conducted in Long Beach, CA to coincide with the “Joint Assembly” to ensure visual consistency of the 2010 final reports. This workshop will train on use of provided templates and common visual elements, especially those cartographic in nature.

Description: Double-sided World map depicting the survey extents and technologies used by different research groups to census the oceans in the past and present and to model future ocean life. The map will show the spatial footprints of the surveys with text and photos of the species surveyed and the technologies employed, with inset maps and graphs of major findings. Reverse side describes the Census effort, with profiles of the research programs and sponsors, additional photographs, logos and web links.

Description: Double-sided World map depicting the most charismatic species that were discovered, tracked, and modeled in the Census, along with the major findings regarding past, present, and future populations. The map will show Large Marine Ecosystems (LME) or Marine Ecoregions of the World (MEOW), with photographs of the species inhabiting them. Reverse side tells stories of the ecosystem services provided by marine biota, population and ecosystem trends, and threats to marine species and ecosystem services.

Distribution: ~100,000. A major corporate sponsorship could potentially enable distribution of the map or maps to all 113,000 K-12 schools in the U.S.

Distribution: The website would be accessible to a worldwide audience, and could be promoted, linked to, and/or hosted by National Geographic, the Census of Marine Life, or other partner organizations.